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Ethiopia, the era of the princes : the challenge of Islam and re-unification of the Christian Empire, 1769-1855

by: Abir, Mordechai

Publication date: 1968

Topics: Islam -- Ethiopia -- History, Islam, Ethiopia, history, 1700-1799, 1800-1899, Ethiopia -- History -- 1490-1889, Ethiopia -- Church history

Publisher: New York, Praeger

Collection: inlibrary; printdisabled; marygrovecollege; internetarchivebooks; americana

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

xxvi, 208 pages 23 cm

Examines the religious and political evolution of Ethiopia that led to the foundation of the Christian dynastic rule now governing the country

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-195)

The decline of the Muslim coast of Ethiopia -- The growth of Galla power in northern Ethiopia -- The revival of the highland trade -- The emergence of the Galla of the south-west -- Egypt and Galla-dominated Ethiopia -- The collapse of Galla predominance, Ethiopia and Egypt : second stage -- Teodros -- The rise of the Kingdom of Showa and the new Christian Empire